Another snow day here. I'm gonna look him up.

So I can see what Morford's take is for the week.

We're racing at full speed down a path that has two ends, a wall and a cliff, and nobody that matters even suggests trying the brakes.

They won't even understand the concept of braking.

Rec

I like his style.
happy to see you're up bright eyed and bushy tailed, as the old saying goes
If I'm not up by 5 am I feel like I've slept half my day away. My wife on the other hand could sleep til noon if work didn't get in her way.

I still can't wrap my head around this completely, but I think it's explained well in Money as Debt .

One of the best I have seen on the subject.

Learning to cry for fun and profit
I'm not done yet

truth of greed capitalism explained in a succinct clear and concise manner. Great post!

"Wall Street is diseased and insane. Because Wall Street is full of tiny-souled, cackling man-demons who measure human existence the way the devil measures time: in units of potential pain."

.. meaning a vicious kind of meanspirited downsizing on the other.

And more. And MORE.

While I would love to talk about it, checkout time is fast approaching. We are choosing to view this as an adventure in simplification. I'll be back when I get more internet.

My favorite line:

"Because Wall Street is full of tiny-souled, cackling man-demons who measure human existence the way the devil measures time: in units of potential pain."

Split the pie into four equal pieces, mark one Health Expenses, mark two Housing, mark three Education and shove everything else (including what's left of happiness) into number four.

for this needs to be repeated.

to believe in bigger, better, faster, more, forever! is diseased and insane.

and the disease of gluttony and greed have let speculation destroy many a civilization. its allies in inchoate anger, paranoiac fear, lazy cruelty, and spite have enjoyed the fall of power for millennia.

you shall know evil by their works. look deep and remember.